Memorial Day 2008

If you blinked, you missed the parade, which passes by in about 90 seconds.

The featured speaker at the ceremony on the Town Green was US Army Captain Patrick Hafner, an Iraq War veteran, who lives in Falls Village with his wife Lara Mittaud and their son, Marc

The Volunteer Fire Department and Ladies Auxillary served refreshments after the ceremony at the Fire House

Memorial Day in FV is always a time for old friends like Bonnie Burdick and MaryLu Sinclar to catch up

The Falls Village Community and Cultural Center looked spiffy thanks to the hard work of FVCCC board member Dale McDonald and a new sign painted by Dominic Caiati


FVCCC board member Vincent Inconiglios dreamed up the community art project, which was a hint of all the creative activity that will take place at the FVCCC once it is renovated.

The cast of the Falls Village Children's Theater production of "Annie" reunited to sing songs from the show, accompanied by Joshua Stone.

It was clear that the FVCCC will be a multigenerational center for the arts

Everyone is Welcome

After the Memorial Day parade, the ceremony on the Town Green, and refreshments at the Fire House provided by the Ladies Auxillary, everyone is invited to the Falls Village Community and Cultural Center. There will be live music by Joshua Stone, the "Imagine" Art Show in which students have imagined what can happen inside the Community Center when it is renovated, and a collaborative community painting project that everyone can participate in.

Falls Village Rules!

Willy Blass, Israel Fitch and Jeff Vanam of Falls Village's Battle Hill Forge at Trade Secrets in Sharon on Saturday May 17.

That may be a bit of hyperbole, but certainly Trade Secrets, the big plant and antiques sale for Women's Support Services, would not be the same without the participation of so many Falls Villagers, including the gang from Battle Hill Forge (photo above--click on it to see bigger) on Route 7, which made its Trade Secrets debut yesterday. They brought their extraordinary hand-forged metal arbors, plants supports, fencing as well as sculpture and chain mail. Their wattle fences, which are used for defining flower beds and borders, are all the rage among serious gardeners. Battle Hill's tent was next to Tommy Scott's very busy Falls Village Flower Farm booth (they're neighbors in real life, too) so it all seemed very familiar. Cyd and John Emmons of Gardenalia are Trade Secrets stalwarts and so are volunteer coordinators Deb Munson and Karin Gerstel. As always, Bunny Williams was schmoozing, shopping and being thanked by everybody because Trade Secrets was launched at her house on Point of Rocks Road seven years ago.

In Memoriam

Lua de Sa e Silva Shaw
1993 - 2008

She loved the snow, she loved the sun, she loved sleeping by the fireplace, and she loved the women of Sand Road (especially Amanda, Kate and Nicole), who were always loving to her.

Timing is Everything

You'd think that there would not be scheduling conflicts in a town this small. Think again. The annual evening of Bingo for Education--which raises money for student scholarships--is this Friday night at 7 at the Kellogg School, and it's a family-friendly event, which seems to bring out most of the students at Kellogg along with their parents, godparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and babysitters. Alas, the town has scheduled a second public hearing on the budget at Town Hall for Friday night at 7 PM, too. Ah, the challenges of citizenship.